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Common drugs may be contributing to depression | The New York Times
More than one-third of Americans take at least one prescription medicine whose side effects include depression, according to a new study. These include beta blockers, birth control, and non-opioid pain killers.
Safety, quality and clinical practice
Judge allows Missouri medical abortion rules to stand | The Associated Press
A federal judge said Planned Parenthood cannot block Missouri regulations that prevent the organization from providing medication abortions. The regulations aren't burdensome enough to be considered unconstitutional, according to the judge.
Finance
A judge just approved AT&T and Time Warner's merger—and it could be good news for a series of healthcare mega-mergers | Business Insider
One of those mega-mergers is CVS Health and Aetna, which want to create a vertically integrated company and whose stock rose after a judge approved the vertical merger of Time Warner and AT&T.
Information technology
CMS asks state Medicaid directors to use HIT to fight opioid crisis | Health Data Management
In a letter to state Medicaid directors, CMS officials suggested how they can use federal HITECH funding not for EHRs but instead for technology to help with drug addiction.
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Tesla cutting about 9% of global workforce | The Wall Street Journal
Electric car company Tesla is laying off 3,500 workers—nearly a tenth of its workforce—in a reorganization. CEO Elon Musk said the layoffs will not affect the company's Model 3 production, which it's currently pushing.
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